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Poster:	cosmicola	Date:	May 12, 2009 12:41:40pm
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Another FYI

Earlier versions of Windows required extra software or codecs. In Windows 7 the ability to play MP4 files is already part of the operating system.

That was what I was referring to. No VLC player or anything else required.

This post was modified by cosmicola on 2009-05-12 19:41:40

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Poster:	Moongleam	Date:	May 12, 2009 12:44:24pm
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Another FYI

It's really shameful that it took this long for mediaplayer to support mp4 files. I don't see any point in limiting myself to what mickeysoft allows me to do. So I never use mediaplayer and always use VLC or mplayer. They are free and small enough to download even with dialup. And one doesn't need administrator privileges to install them; just unzip the files.

Very, very handy.

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Poster:	cosmicola	Date:	May 12, 2009 01:09:49pm
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Another FYI

Sigh. I'm just passing along info to those who may be interested, not trying to start an argument about software or companies.

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Poster:	jonc	Date:	May 12, 2009 01:55:53pm
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Another FYI

Microsoft has spent years trying to push its proprietary "wmv" format. It isn't their nature to accommodate a competing program.

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Poster:	kherkhaw	Date:	June 01, 2009 02:21:48pm
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Another FYI

I use both of them, but WMP only for audio, for video I always use VLC
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